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Ikwerre is one of the native ethnic groups in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This group is a subgroup of the Igbo people, some small minority for political reason now dispute this account, saying that their history was rewritten during the colonial period because of the Igbo dominated larger group. Ikwerre share common ancestry with the Ogba,and Ekpeye . They trace their origins to Owerri , Ohaji , Etche , and Ngwa areas of Igbo land. They are the majority in Rivers state; notwithstanding, there are other populations in neighboring states. Ikwerre speak the Ikwerre dialect, this dialect is part of the many diverse Igbo dialects, which is predominantly settled in the Ikwerre, Obio-Akpor , Port Harcourt and Emohua local government areas of River State. They are farmers, fishermen and hunters, in recent times, the environmental degradation and urban sprawl associated with oil exploration and exploitation has caused a sharp decline in the amount of farmland, forests and rivers available for their traditional occupations. A total of over 92 oil wells, producing an estimated 100,000 barrels of crude daily, located in Ikwerre land. Therefore, the Ikwerre play host to several multinational oil-producing and servicing companies, and many other industries and establishments. Offside these, the Ikwerre people like nearly all other minorities of the Niger Delta, usually complain of marginalization by the oil operatives. The University of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, the three campuses of the Rivers State College of Education, as well as the Rivers State College of Arts and Science, are all located on Ikwerre land. The history of Origin is considered by a majority of scholars as a subgroup of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria. There are several perspective theories of the origin, and the strongest and most widely accepted one is the theory linking the Ikwerre to an Igbo origin. The Igbo scholars take Ikwerre as part of the Southern Igbo. Amadi, an Ikwerre scholar, says that the Igbo origin theory has some support even inside Ikwerre themselves, with Ikwerre would be descendants of a migration of Arochukwu Igbo, with Okpo Nwagidi being the leader of the Ikwerre tribe. Therefore, before the civil war, there had been dissident voices that claimed that Ikwerre could have migrated from Owerri , Ohaji, Ngwa, and Etche areas of Igbo land South East Nigeria. But when Port Harcourt was taken over by Nigeria during the Biafra/Nigeria civil War and the Igbo people from other parts of Igbo land fled the territory, a UN report says that the Ikwerre decided to claim that the Ikwerre were non-Igbo for convenience and protection. The Ikwerre are recognized officially as a separate group in the 1979 Nigerian Constitution. Some prominent people of Ikwerre origin: Like Elechi Amadi, Emmanuel Onunwor, former Mayor of East Cleveland.
Chibuike Amaechi , former Governor of Rivers State Obi Wali , Writer, Politician and Minority rights activist Tonto Dikeh, Actress, Musician Celestine Omehia,former Governor of Rivers State Monalisa Chinda , Actress Duncan Mighty, Musician Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, Current Governor of Rivers State Hon. O.K Chinda, Politician Bobby Ogoloma , are considered to be Igbo’s, this is reachable, we cannot change who we are overnight. Mr. Amadi reporting for Ekwe Kuo Amagbaa News Port Harcourt.

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The government of Chinese intensify crackdown on Christian faith is a major concern for missionaries.
Today, Christian congregations in Beijing and several provinces are having their crosses destroyed, Bibles burned, and churches shut down according to pastors and a group that monitors religion in China. Therefore, the government is ordering followers of Christ to sign papers renouncing their faith.
The administration of President Xi Jinping, one of the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong, religious believers are seeing their freedoms shrink dramatically even as the country undergoes religious revival change.
The suppression of religious freedom is part of an official campaign to “Sinicize” religion by demanding loyalty to the atheist Communist party. They seek to remove any potential challenge to the party’s power in the Nation.
[BOB][FU] U.S.A-based group China Aid said that the closure of churches in central Henan province and a prominent house church in Beijing in recent weeks represents a “significant escalation” of the continue crackdown of the people in China.
“The international community should be alarmed and outraged for this blatant violation of freedom of religion and belief,” he wrote in an email in lamentation.
What appeared to be showing of people burning bibles and forms stating that the signatories of renouncing their Christianity?
President Trump’s attorney and Chief Counsel at the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) wrote in a tweet: “The situation for Chinese Christians becomes direr by the day. We are working tirelessly to put maximum pressure on China to stop the persecution.” Christian faith in the region.
However, some pastor bibles and furniture were burned during a raid on his church. The pastor, who asked not to be identified by name to avoid repercussions from authorities, said several people entered the church began removing all the items.
In conclusion, the persecution is nothing new and has been going on since 2012. A report by the watchdog group Freedom House said a third of all religious believers in China who belong to a faith group were also found to face “high” to “very high” levels of persecution. This ranges from bureaucratic harassment and economic exploitation to harsh prison terms and even violence and other form of embarrassment on human right. Christians must stand up to their faith.
source: https://ekwekuoamagbaanews..com/2019/03/by-report-china-continue-to-cracks-down.html